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13 BHĀVA (MOODS AND MODES)
Reality : Permanence And Transience -
The Jaina concept of reality is three-fold. It is endowed with the attributes of production (Utpāda), destruction (Vyaya) and permanence (Dhrauvya). It is evident that due to constant production and destruction the reality or sator the universal entity is changing all the time. What changes is called mode (Paryāya) and what does not (the permanent aspect) is called matter (Dravya). This chapter dwells on the constantly changing nature of the universe and, with suitable examples, brir.gs the lesson home that all that changes is transitory and not worth getting attached to. One must rise above the transient and dwell upon the permanent.
Constantly Changing Moods And Modes -
Change is the law of nature. It is natural for everything or being to change. Nothing remains the same as the time passes. The living beings are born, they get old, they suffer from diseases, they die, and they are reborn either in the same species or in some others. This is their change of modes or Paryāya Parivartana. The living beings, especially the intelligent ones, also undergo changes in their thoughts, their psyches, their volitional dispositions and their moods. The things are created they wear
